Access Bank shareholders applaud 65 Kobo dividend payment

-Bank’s balance sheet now ₦4 trillion Shareholders of Access Bank Plc on Wednesday commended the bank’s 65 kobo per share dividend payment for the year ended 2017 financial activities, even as they also commended the board on the ₦4 trillion mark achieved by the bank balance sheet. The shareholders noted that growth strategy instituted by […]

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Access Bank pays 40 kobo per share dividend to shareholders

Nigeria’s major financial institution Access Bank Plc, has given a final dividend of 40 kobo, to its shareholders for its year ended December 31 activities. This comes on the heal of the 25 kobo interim dividend paid for 2017 half year, bringing the total dividend for the 2017 financial year to 65 kobo. The proposed […]

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Access Bank bags ‘Commercial Banking Capabilities’ award by Euromoney

Access Bank Plc has emerged winner of the best ‘Commercial Banking Capabilities’ award by Euromoney, one of the leading global financial publications. According to a statement from the lender, the award was presented to Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank’s Group Managing Director/CEO at the Euromoney Private Banking Awards 2018, which held at the Landmark in Marylebone, […]

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GTBank, UBA, FCMB, 4 others not affected by dividend policy

As reactions continue to trail tough dividend rules recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), analysts at SBG Securities have said that seven lenders are not affected by the policy from a Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) perspective and using 9M 2017 unaudited figures. The analysts in a report obtained by correspondent, listed the […]

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Access Bank gets Fitch National ‘A+ upgrade rating

Fitch Ratings, a leading global rating agency in its latest report, has upgraded Access Bank’s National Long-Term Rating to ‘A+ from ‘A. At the same time, Fitch affirmed the Bank’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B’. According to the rating agency, “Access Bank’s IDRs are driven by the Bank’s intrinsic creditworthiness as defined by […]

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Paternity leave for Access Bank’s male employees

Starting this month, male employees of Access Bank Plc can take advantage of an enhanced parental leave policy that extends paid benefits to all mothers and fathers. Fostering an inclusive workplace, the policy offers paid leave to all new parents at the bank including mothers and fathers, as well as adoptive and surrogate parents. The […]

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Access Bank reward customers with house, car, others in ongoing promo

Access Bank Plc has rewarded over 137 of its customers who won several prizes in the ongoing Family Fortune promo. The prizes won include a four bedroom terrace house in Lekki, a 2017 KIA Cerato car, two 15 KVA soundproof generators, three all-expense paid trip to Dubai by a family of four and five scholarships […]

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Lagos commends Skye Bank, Dangote, others on security with platinum prizes

Skye Bank Plc and six other companies have been commended and awarded platinum prize for committing huge resources in support of securing lives and property in Lagos State. The six other companies are: Zenith Bank Plc; First Bank Plc; United Bank for Africa; Access Bank Plc; Dangote Group and MTN Foundation. The seven organisations were […]

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Access Bank to support Project LEAD inline with its CSR plans

Access Bank Plc has supported the Project LEAD initiative in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plans. Speaking at the weekend, the Access Bank Group Managing Director/CEO, Herbert Wigwe, said the L.E.A.D Project by the Personal Banking Division of Access Bank has chosen to foster development in areas of academic and moral excellence, financial […]

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Access Bank eyes 30 million client base with 5-year global expansion strategy

Nigeria’s major financial institution, Access Bank Plc disclosed on monday that it has launched a five-year strategy to achieve 30 million customer- base that would rank it as number one bank in Nigeria on returns on equity. Addressing capital market community the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Director of Access […]

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Access Bank shuns M&A in Ghana growth strategy

Nigeria’s Access Bank plans to pursue organic growth in Ghana rather than mergers or acquisitions after the central bank raised the minimum capital requirement for lenders in the West African country, its group chief executive said on Tuesday. Ghana’s central bank in September raised the minimum capital required for banks threefold to 400 million cedis […]

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Access Bank, German firms move to boost ₦637bn bilateral trade

Access Bank in collaboration with German Investment Corporation (DEG), and Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria (AHK Nigeria), yesterday, unveiled the first German Desk in Nigeria, aimed at increasing the 2.9 billion euros bilateral trade between Nigeria and Germany. Data by the Nigerian German Business Association (NGBA) revealed that volume of trade between […]

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